its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
I'm picking up again
Well it got too much
After the accident
It could feel no worse
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier it was a game
I guess the barrier must have dropped away
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
And she calls
Did you see my photograph?
It was on page ten
I swore to everyone
I'm not to blame
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier it was a game
I'm so disposable you can throw me away
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
And she calls
What a fool I've been
Didn't get to him in time
What's been happening?
It's so hard to sleep at night now
To sleep at night
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
And she calls
Well it got too much
After the accident
It could feel no worse
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier it was a game
I guess the barrier must have dropped away
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
And she calls
Did you see my photograph?
It was on page ten
I swore to everyone
I'm not to blame
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier it was a game
I'm so disposable you can throw me away
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
And she calls
What a fool I've been
Didn't get to him in time
What's been happening?
It's so hard to sleep at night now
To sleep at night
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through?
And she calls
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No comments? Great to be the first. I feel so happy when I listen this sad and melancholic song because it's a masterpiece. Obviously about things you did in the past or things you saw, some of them horrible, and how you feel about it. In any case, this is art from a fantastic 80s group, as many others.